Latest Reports

• Freight and Logistics Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™

  The Freight and Logistics Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™ can help enterprises craft a robust strategy based on industry outlook, best practices, and digital transformation. The report can also aid companies in identifying the right partners and service providers to accelerate their digital transformation. The 70-page report also identifies key service providers and system integrators that can help businesses in their digital transformation journeys.

  September, 2022

• Disaster Recovery Outsourcing Trends and Customer Experience 2022

  Experiences over the past two years have revealed that many organizations were not adequately prepared for a worldwide pandemic from a business continuity perspective. But most enterprises responded by establishing remote working environments on short notice and built out the network infrastructure and security measures to support them. Now, emerging from pandemic lockdowns, most businesses are retaining these remote work capabilities, even if they are to support a hybrid work model. Businesses are now more resilient, not just in facing another pandemic but in supporting remote work in the event of other natural or man-made disasters.

  September, 2022

• Freight and Logistics Digital Services: Adjusting Operating Models to Align to Accelerated Demand

  The pandemic and the ensuing e-commerce boom increased demand for freight and logistics (F&L) services, putting pressure on F&L providers to offer more services. There is an increasing demand for faster delivery times at lower costs. In response, the sector is accelerating digitalization initiatives to balance these increasing customer expectations while managing operational costs. These emerging trends are covered in Avasant’s Freight and Logistics Digital Services 2022–2023 RadarView™.

  September, 2022

• Intelligent Document Processing Platforms 2022 RadarView™

  The Intelligent Document Processing Platforms 2022 RadarView™ assists organizations in identifying strategic partners for IDP by featuring detailed capability and experience analyses of leading platform providers. It provides a 360-degree view of key IDP platform providers across product maturity, enterprise adaptability, and future readiness, thus supporting enterprises in identifying the right IDP platform partner. The 58-page report also highlights top market trends in the IDP space and Avasant’s viewpoint.

  September, 2022

• Intelligent Document Processing: Transforming Data into Business Insights

  The IDP industry is moving towards more complex types of data extraction across multiple industries. Enterprises are focusing on increased levels of straight-through processing, which has led to platform providers investing in advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing to reduce exceptions while extracting complicated objects such as logos, watermarks, and tables. These trends, and others, are covered in our Intelligent Document Processing Platforms 2022 RadarView™.

  September, 2022

• A Tech Paradise on Trinidad’s Near Shores

  The phrase “technology hub” does not generally conjure up images of tropical islands, but that may soon change as the Caribbean region is redefining and repackaging the islands as a tech haven. More specifically, Trinidad and Tobago is at the cusp of becoming the region’s true technology hub, provided the island nation learns to effectively surf the oncoming digital technology wave.

  September, 2022

• Tough Times in Europe Call for IT Budget Growth

  In recent years, Europe has been hit by a pandemic, double-digit inflation, and a war. The subsequent supply chain disruptions, shortages of food and fuel, and looming recession do not make anything any easier for IT organizations on the continent. Still, IT budgets are rising. Not necessarily at the pace of rampant inflation. But still more than typical in times of economic contraction. It is starting to become clear that most enterprises now view IT as a strategic resource in weathering uncertainty. IT is no longer seen as a cost center but as a strategic resource that can impact the top and bottom lines. This research byte is a brief description of some of the findings in our European IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2022/2023 study.

  September, 2022

• European IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2022/2023: Chapter 17: Industrial and Automotive Subsector Benchmarks

  Chapter 17 provides benchmarks for industrial and automotive manufacturers. The 20 respondents in this subsector make auto parts, material handling equipment, engines, machinery, vehicles, and similar capital goods. The manufacturers in the sample range in size from €120 million to over €250 billion in annual revenue.

  September, 2022

• European IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2022/2023: Chapter 16: Food and Beverage Subsector Benchmarks

  Chapter 16 provides benchmarks for food and beverage manufacturers. The 19 respondents in the sample range in size from €100 million to over €25 billion in annual revenue. Food and beverage companies produce beverages, meat products, seafood products, dairy products, dietary supplements, bakery ingredients, and other consumable food products. Some are suppliers to other food manufacturers or to the food service industry, while many also distribute consumer products to retailers or direct to consumers.

  September, 2022

• European IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2022/2023: Chapter 15: IT Services and Solutions Sector Benchmarks

  Chapter 15 provides IT spending and staffing statistics for the IT services and solutions sector. The category includes software companies, software-as-a-service providers, systems integrators, IT solution providers, business process outsourcing firms, and other providers of technology services and solutions. There are 23 organizations in the sample, ranging in size from around €13 million to over €25 billion in annual revenue.

  September, 2022

• European IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2022/2023: Chapter 14: Construction and Trade Services Sector Benchmarks

  Chapter 14 provides benchmarks for construction and trade services companies. The 13 respondents in the sample range in size from about €60 million to over €20 billion in annual revenue. The category includes engineering and construction companies, commercial, residential, and industrial construction contractors, ship builders, specialty contractors, environmental services firms, and other construction and trade services firms.

  September, 2022

• European IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2022/2023: Chapter 13: Transportation and Logistics Sector Benchmarks

  Chapter 13 provides benchmarks for the transportation and logistics sector. The 10 respondents in this sample range in size from a minimum of about €120 million to over €5 billion. The category includes organizations that operate buses, trucks, railways, airlines, barges, and ships. The sector also includes logistics companies that transport goods and transportation companies as well as regional and national transportation authorities that move people.

  September, 2022